The National tribune., 1887-05-12
Roanoke Island.

@. E. Blackwell, Co. f, 9th ~ j., sol Allan
tic avenue, Brooklyn. N. " asks COmrade Con-
nor, Go. i, 10Th Mass, to remember that the
9Th N. j. was at the battle of Roanoke Island,
and should not be ignored in the accounts of
that engagement. He says it was mistaken for
rebel regiment and fred into by the 9th N.
Y, Col. Hawkins. The latter was notified by Col
Hickman that he was firing into our own men.
He says the troops at Roanoke Island were 90
follows, all being under the command of Gen.
Burnside: First Brigade, Gen. John G. Foster
23d, 9th, 18th and eth Mass and 10th Conn:
Second Brigade. Gen. Jesse L. Reno, 5Ist n Y,
5lst Pa, 9th ~ j., 9Th N. III. and 21st Mass;
Third Brigade. Gen. John G.. Parke, 5th and
1lth Conn, SD and S9th N. Y, 4th and 9Th Z.
/. The writer does not remember TO what bril-
gade the 9th N. Y. belonged.
VIM. Riley, Co. G, 5lst N. Sheppard
Rifles 81 WarburtOn Ave-, YOnkers, NJ Y
gives his observations at the battle of Roanoke
Island. He thinks the services of the 9th NJ
Y. have been unduly magnifed by the mem
bers of that regiment. The 9th was there and
did gallant service, but when it entered the
fort the rebels had already been driven out by
other Union troops. The writer claims that
the cOlOrs of his regiment were first in the fort,
and those of the 9th N. Y. were next The
writer has good reason to remember the men
of the 9th N. Y, for several Of them ministered
tenderly to his wants when he lay with a shat
tered arm after the battle of Antietam. Their
kindness to him he cannot and does not wish
to forget.
Gettysburg.
A. T. j., Co. Fl, 44th ~ Y, says that the Goth
Me-, Third Brigade, First Division, Fifth
Corps, was the extreme left of the Army of the
Potomac at Gettysburg, and was stationed at
Round Top. The rebels charged this point in
three lines. A company of the both Me-, which
was deployed as skirmishers, took more prison.
ers than it had in its ranks
Alexander Lydy, Corporal Go. F, LIST w. Va.
Cav, Pickards, Ind, says that Comrade 8. A.
Clark LIST VT. Cav was mistaken in regard To
the regiment which made the charge under Gen.
Farnsworth, in which the latter was killed, at
Gettysburg. The writer says it was the LIST w.
Va. Cav. Gen. FarnSwoFth was killed lust az
they got out of the woods aud Capt. Harris, Co.
L, 1st w. Va, also fell, almost by his side.
III. j. Leasure, Co. H., LIST w. Va. Cav, Mount
Pleasant o., agrees with Comrade Rose, Co. L,
same regiment, that the LIST VT. Cav. is not en-
titled to all the honor of the charge at Gettys-
barg in which Gen. Farnsworth was killed.
Part of the LIST w. W. Cav. was in the charge,
and lost heavily in officers and men,
III. j. Wakesby, Sergeant, Co. G., 9Th N. Y.
Cav, Chattanooga, Tenn, says his regiment
was in advance of the First Cavalry Division at
Gettysburg, and was the first to ride into that
town on the evening of June so. He SAYS Gen.
Y. as one Of the best cavalry regiments in the
service.
III. r. Bard, Barnet, VT, vigorously disputes
the statement that it was portion of the LIST
w. Va. Cav. that made the charge led by Gen.
FarnswOrth, in which the latter was killed, at
Gettysburg. The writer says the charge was
made by the LIST VT. Cav,
Gen. SedgWick's Death.
Geo. W. Bryant, Co. ID, 122d Ohio. Coshoeton,
o., differs from COmrade Andrews in regard TO
the manner in which Gen Sedgwick met his
death at Spottsylyania. The writer says no
was not shot from his horse as stated by An
drews but was dismOunted and was on the
breastwOrks with the soldiers He smiled at
the boys for lodging the bullets, when one en-
tered his head below the left eye, and passed
directly through. The General never spoke
afterward.
hurry s. Cross, Captain, Co. G, S7th Pa,
York, Pa, says that a misstatement of COmrade
III. f. Andrews, Co. ID, 10th Me-, in regard to
the death of Gen. Sedgwiek indicates that he
knows nothing about it. The writer says Sedg-
wick was not shot from his horse, but was
struck with ball from the rifle of q rebel sharp
shooter while standing not more than Is feet in
rear of the writers company. He heard tho ball
strike him aud saw him fall, and the whole
scene is as vivid as if it occurred yesterday.
The Atlanta Campaign.
Samuel EaylOr, Co. E, 18th Ill, Liberty, ILL.,,
says his regiment belonged to the Second Di-
vision, Fourteenth Corps, and crossed Peach
Tree Creek in the forenoon of July 10 the day
before the Twentieth Corps. The brigade had
spirited engagement on the 10Th, and the writer
was severely wounded in the arm.
b. Springer, Co. @. 129th H., Armistead, Kan,
says the 4-gun battery at Resaca was captured
May Is, 1864, by the First Brigade, Third Di-
vision. Twentieth Corps, commanded by Gen.
Ward, who was wounded in the charge and
was succeeded by Col Ben Harrison. The hags
of the 102d and 129th III. were carried into tina
fort, and Color-Sergeant Hess, OF the 10th,
was killed.